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LabGnome: I was really looking forward to it when I heard they were going to make HD releases of Silent Hill. Pretty disappointed with the new read more

Kevin: Wow, the original didn't have great voice acting, but this is terrible. It sounds like they are just reading it off the paper. I haven't read more

Merus: The sad thing is that they replaced the original voice acting in part because the old voices are frankly not very good either. read more

Spinner 8: Silent Hill 2 was originally released in Japan with English voices, you goofy elitist read more

Wiley: Forget the original english voice acting, what I want is Japanese voice acting. Or the option to turn it off all together and just leave read more

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Well, turns out, they were completely justified. One does not need to be an impassioned Silent Hill devotee to find the above rather lacking. One also has to wonder if Guy Cihi, the original voice of James Sunderland, finds perverse satisfaction with the new guy's abysmal acting chops, or yet another cause for frustration.

At least there's some good news: what was once a PS3 exclusive is now headed to the Xbox 360 as well. Which means hackers now have two options at their disposal; I've already heard grumblings that as soon as HD Collection is released, certain folk will attempt to replace the new audio files with ones from previous releases.

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Forget the original english voice acting, what I want is Japanese voice acting. Or the option to turn it off all together and just leave the music and sfx. It's not as if you actually need to understand what anyone is saying in Silent Hill.

I was really looking forward to it when I heard they were going to make HD releases of Silent Hill. Pretty disappointed with the new voice acting, I imagine these guys are good and all elsewhere but they clearly do not work here.

Okay, the guy who is doing James I have yet to hear any of his work that I appreciate. But I could overlook that if his voice fit James and he did a decent job, neither of those seem to be the case.

Oh well, their game, their way. I just don't expect to buy it anymore and will point other fans to the comparison video (and hey, if it doesn't bother them maybe their opinions are more accurate!)